Channel 4 headlines

Charlie Brooker has tried his damn hardest to teach Channel 4 news presenter Jon Snow how to play videogames, ahead of his documentary tomorrow night. His attempts to tutor Snow are both funny, sweet and kind of pathetic. Watch here.

Charlie Brooker’s ‘How Videogames Changed the World’ will air on Channel 4 on Saturday November 30 at 9pm. He’s released a new teaser trailer, this time featuring Minecraft and one Jeff Minter. Watch it here.

UK-based station Channel 4 has announced a new gameshow called “Draw It!” which has been created in collaboration with Draw Something owners Zynga. The show will adapt the format of the app and will see two teams battling for cash prizes

The Snowman and The Snowdog is the next animated film from Raymond Briggs. The author has teamed up with Channel 4 and developer Crash Lab – bringing together developers of TimeSplitters, Free Radical Design, Goldeneye 007 and Jet Force Gemini – to release a game tie-in which has launched on iOS and Android devices now. […]

Richard Davidson-Houston, head of online products at Channel 4, has told Weeman.com that currently, Channel 4 is not working on bringing its 4oD service to Wii like BBC iPlayer and Demand5. Responding to comments made by 4oD customer support stating that “the 4oD service is not available to Wii users”, and that there are “currently […]

Nintendo dev boss Shigeru Miyamoto thinks there are better ways of entertaining people than allowing them to shoot people in the face. “I don’t want to curb freedom of expression but I am concerned that many developers focus just on excessive violence in order to stimulate people’s mind,” he told Channel 4. “I believe that […]

Shigeru Miyamoto told Channel 4 news last night that he is confident that the games industry will beat the current credit crisis. “We need to eat in order to live – that’s our first priority,” Miyamoto said. “But entertainment and the enrichment of our souls must come in second place. “Nintendo’s mission is to take […]

Channel 4 has outlined a new talent initiative this afternoon – called Talent Arcade – which it will launch in Edinburgh this year. Talent Arcade is “a packed programme of workshops to help new video gaming talent get ahead in the industry, including the chance to win coveted work placements and free training,” according to […]

According to this IGN report, Darwinia developer Introversion is currently working on a game project with Channel 4. Apparently the title’s called Chronometer and has been confirmed as real by Introversion. We’re just waiting for comment now.

Charlie Brooker has tried his damn hardest to teach Channel 4 news presenter Jon Snow how to play videogames, ahead of his documentary tomorrow night. His attempts to tutor Snow are both funny, sweet and kind of pathetic. Watch here.

Charlie Brooker’s ‘How Videogames Changed the World’ will air on Channel 4 on Saturday November 30 at 9pm. He’s released a new teaser trailer, this time featuring Minecraft and one Jeff Minter. Watch it here.

UK-based station Channel 4 has announced a new gameshow called “Draw It!” which has been created in collaboration with Draw Something owners Zynga. The show will adapt the format of the app and will see two teams battling for cash prizes

The Snowman and The Snowdog is the next animated film from Raymond Briggs. The author has teamed up with Channel 4 and developer Crash Lab – bringing together developers of TimeSplitters, Free Radical Design, Goldeneye 007 and Jet Force Gemini – to release a game tie-in which has launched on iOS and Android devices now. […]

Richard Davidson-Houston, head of online products at Channel 4, has told Weeman.com that currently, Channel 4 is not working on bringing its 4oD service to Wii like BBC iPlayer and Demand5. Responding to comments made by 4oD customer support stating that “the 4oD service is not available to Wii users”, and that there are “currently […]

Nintendo dev boss Shigeru Miyamoto thinks there are better ways of entertaining people than allowing them to shoot people in the face. “I don’t want to curb freedom of expression but I am concerned that many developers focus just on excessive violence in order to stimulate people’s mind,” he told Channel 4. “I believe that […]

Shigeru Miyamoto told Channel 4 news last night that he is confident that the games industry will beat the current credit crisis. “We need to eat in order to live – that’s our first priority,” Miyamoto said. “But entertainment and the enrichment of our souls must come in second place. “Nintendo’s mission is to take […]

Channel 4 has outlined a new talent initiative this afternoon – called Talent Arcade – which it will launch in Edinburgh this year. Talent Arcade is “a packed programme of workshops to help new video gaming talent get ahead in the industry, including the chance to win coveted work placements and free training,” according to […]

According to this IGN report, Darwinia developer Introversion is currently working on a game project with Channel 4. Apparently the title’s called Chronometer and has been confirmed as real by Introversion. We’re just waiting for comment now.